2025-04-24 April 24, 2025 Mayor and Council Work Session_Retreat Meeting Minutes - DRAFT
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January 09, 2025 12:00 PM City of Smyrna Mayor and Council Meeting Lanier Islands Legacy Lodge & Conference Center 7000 Lanie Islands Pkwy Page 3 of 5 • Plan is to move Water/Utilities, Human Resources, IT, and maybe Community Relations • Discussions have taken place to move Community Relations upstairs to the back two offices • City Hall – Court Services takes over UB and HR current areas • Court Services – Council wing, meeting spaces, office spaces • Councilmember Welch would like to see an RFP for a Phase I facilities plan and a Phase II Interior Layout Plan Downtown Surface Lot: • Funded from parking deck • Should be completed by July • Permits and bonding still need to be secured • Surface lot is tying into larger lot • Councilmember Oglesby expressed concern that the parking lot will not be completed by the time some events are taking place (Juneteenth) - construction should not impact current parking Castelaw Site Purchase: • Zoned for high density, LOI, general fund may fund its purchase rather than bonding • Walton has a master plan for that site, three weeks to a month for appraisal • They wanted to have senior living in the back with city use in front • Comfortable with $1.5M IGO Land Purchase: • Funded from parking deck line item • LOI with Worthing, placeholder for future city facility Downtown Bathroom/Playground: • Met with contractor, Couch Group • Started this August 8, 2024 – soil issues • SPLOST project – late July for playground • Staff said there were issues with the pavers on King Street • Headed toward closing King Street permanently from Bank to Powder Springs • At the point when staff knew this was not going to be done on time, let council know – communication issue • Suggestion that regular updates occur – mayor and council meet every two weeks at Committee of the Whole or Pre-Council • Councilmember Lindley brought up signage similar to “SPLOST Dollars at Work” signs Street Resurfacing: • Approximately 192 total miles of road in Smyrna • 6.8 miles per year should be resurfaced • Public Works is putting together a condition list / assessment • Look at parking lots on the front end of that $10M • $225K/mile for resurfacing Bridge over Cobb Parkway and IGO Site - Later discussions to take place